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From Francis Darwin   [before 5 December 1870]1

University “Pitt” Club

Dear Father

I ought to have written long ago about my tennis bill &c   I had them sent in long ago;2 it is £20, my only other big ones—are Tailor £20, & wine merchant £10— I think it would be much fairer if you only paid half.3

Your affec son | F Darwin

1
The date is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to Francis Darwin, 5 December [1870] (Correspondence vol. 18).
2
Francis had ordered his tennis bill to be sent in October 1870 (see this volume, Supplement, letter from Francis Darwin [after 18 October 1870]).
3
CD sent £50 (see Correspondence vol. 18, letter to Francis Darwin, 5 December [1870]; see also this volume, Supplement, second letter from Francis Darwin, [before 5 December 1870]).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-7387G,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-7387G